@poetrybyheart.bsky.social What an incredible experience feeling the power of poetry delivered so well and in such a setting by students and teachers. It is a privilege being at the Globe. @lauraspargo.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social

So generous! Thankyou

Dr Katie Twomey@k2mey.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

My friend wrote this!

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“We found two of the worst men in politics to replace one woman who was competently doing her job”

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

McSweeney: "We procured two strong candidate for [the PM]: One was Mandelson and the other was George Osborne." Christ above. What did the weak candidates look like.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... Readers, non readers, those who have lost their reading mojo, those who teach others to read. This series is worth every minute of your time.

BBC Sounds - Understand - Available Episodes

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Is Mary Oliver the best poet for capturing the limits of language through language? 🥹

Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves: Voices that Matter - Teaching Poetry for Social Justice childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/04/02/r... Great article on the power of poetry for social justice and becoming

Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves: Voices that Matter – Teaching Poetry for Social Justice

Poetry is one of the most democratic art forms we can offer children and young people. It requires no specialist equipment, no perfect spelling and no single “right” answer. Instead, it invites pup…

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EA Conference 2026

Come together with colleagues to explore English across language, literature, and creative writing

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@thinktalkleah.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just booked my ticket for the @englishassociation.bsky.social conference, Senate House, June 13th. A core of us from the @openingdoors.bsky.social team will be on our stall over breaktimes, flying the flag for rich, creative English for all 📖✏️🧞‍♀️🧚🕵️‍♀️🧛‍♂️

Just booked my ticket for the @englishassociation.bsky.social conference, Senate House, June 13th. A core of us from the @openingdoors.bsky.social team will be on our stall over breaktimes, flying the flag for rich, creative English for all 📖✏️🧞‍♀️🧚🕵️‍♀️🧛‍♂️

Rabbit Moon You think you see the Moon a white disc in the sky swooped for you into the shape of a heart. Too much yearning had you run free but the barn owl was always a weapon – just feathered in the language of love. Another night, a different moon. I might have held you.

Really sound overview of Dialogic Teaching - its broad goals, practice, benefits and evidence of impact and common barriers. I would not do the work I do as an educator 33 years in without these principles at my core. voice21.org/dialogic-tea...

An introduction to dialogic teaching and learning - Voice 21

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Another hub is opening led by @thinktalkleah.bsky.social via Inspire Partnership @ipatedu.bsky.social at Blackfield Primary, Southampton. It's open to all. Thanks Inspire! Let me know if you would like a hub opened in your area. searchingforexcellence.co.uk/wp-content/u...

NYMPH! NYMPH! WHAT ARE YOUR BEADS? I flipping love it. We’re being ambitious as they’re Year 1 but it’s such a beautiful poem to act out with character voices and we’re going to create some water colour art of their own Saltmarsh. I wonder which characters will be overhead on theirs?

Upcoming online CPD sessions, 4–5pm Journal writing to develop responses to GCSE poetry (24/02) Teaching handwriting for writing fluency (11/03) Promoting repertoires of talk about writing (18/03) Planning lessons and schemes of learning (05/05) tinyurl.com/mr2smw67

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Bob Cox@openingdoors.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thanks Claire @greenshawtrust.bsky.social for asking me to speak in Gloucestershire today! It was a privilege to give the key-note and engage with so many teachers opening doors for their budding writers.

Brilliant thread.. and link to blog. What is important to nurture reading comprehension actually lies at the centre of Let’s Think in English lessons and pedagogy. Reading is reasoning and reasoning can only develop on the social, interpersonal plain before it becomes intrapersonal.

DamsonEd@damsoned.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🧵So, what works when teaching reading comprehension in the classroom? To a whole class? I dedicated a entire chapter of my Phd thesis to exploring the literature on this. In fact, we do not know a lot about what works when teachers teach, to whole classes. 1/8

I can see the joy of learning in the room Laura ☺️📝🙏🏼

Laura Spargo@lauraspargo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

✨️ What a wonderful day spent continuing to "open the door" at Richmond Hill Primary Academy! 📖💡❤️ This was the hub's 3rd session out of 5 and the focus was on creative non-fiction. Ideas were plentiful. 👀 Take a look! @openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social

@openingdoors.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @natecommunity.bsky.social It is so often the artists, the writers who see and speak to tyranny whilst the rest stay quiet

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Crown House Publishing@crownhousepub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Celebrate National Storytelling Week with our Opening Doors series! Each tale is a doorway to new perspectives, experiences, and adventures—perfect for readers of all ages 📖 Buy your copies now: buff.ly/hw4R5Cl

It’s such a privilege to support Boorley Park. Big shout out to Mr Stevens and Yr 6 for these wonderful outcomes

Bob Cox@openingdoors.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Well done Boorley Park pupils! More doors have opened! Do read the pupils’ work via the link www.crownhouse.co.uk/featured-ope... ‘Stay and lock the windows, Maybe a crow is watching Maybe you’ll see a portrait of a portrait, Or a stain Or a mirror Reflecting a mirror.’

✍️ Have you seen the incredible collections of writing over on the @crownhousepub.bsky.social Opening Doors web page? 🔉 *New pieces of writing* - do take a look. You're sure to be impressed! @openingdoors.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social #EduSky #Writing

Bob Cox@openingdoors.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Well done Boorley Park pupils! More doors have opened! Do read the pupils’ work via the link www.crownhouse.co.uk/featured-ope... ‘Stay and lock the windows, Maybe a crow is watching Maybe you’ll see a portrait of a portrait, Or a stain Or a mirror Reflecting a mirror.’

On a roll today! Part 4 of my blog series is about literacy - what we know and what we know how to do to ensure children learn to read and write. It is a mix of research, resources, and just stuff. Part 4 b - some ideas about handwriting. Enjoy. meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/23/p...

Part 4 b. Teaching Handwriting in a Nutshell.

This is an overview of how handwriting can be developed quickly within a school that I wrote to support the Specialist Leaders in English team in the Wirral a couple of years ago. Handwriting devel…

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Calling all English teachers. Do these two things. 1. Go to www.nate.org.uk. 2. Tap to share and add to home screen. You can now explore some of the best long-form writing about English teaching, optimised for seamless reading on your phone. #NATE

The ‘Opening Doors’ team has been across the UK in the last couple of days from Plymouth to west London to Hampshire. #excellenceinEnglish @juliesargent.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social Contact me to find out more: www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk

Searching for Excellence

Award-winning author of the 'Opening Doors' series and educational consultant, Bob Cox.

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Wonderful way to kickstart the term at St Lawrence Primary, Alton who over 3 years have grown and are now embedding @openingdoors.bsky.social approaches to ambitious English for all.

I had the privilege to Open Doors to Ambitious English @openingdoors.bsky.social at Twyford School nr Winchester yesterday. It was one of those days when you know the INSET has come at the right time for a great team. Huge thanks to Katy Iliffe and Olaf Mather for putting your faith in us.

Heard of Melissa Milner's podcast 'The Teacher As?'- your new fave Edu Pod for 2026? I had the pleasure of chatting with Melissa about Opening Doors to Ambitious English - using @openingdoors.bsky.social principles and strategies.

Merry Christmas from all the Opening Doors team and we hope you enjoy this extra treat! @openingdoors.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social

Crown House Publishing@crownhousepub.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Put your mince pie down and unwrap this festive treat! 🎄 A new #OpeningDoors resource is out now! This Reception & KS1 unit from @juliesargent.bsky.social offers discussion prompts, creative play ideas & accessible writing activities centered on Nimesh the Adventurer. Just £4.99 👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS

A fabulous text and a creative unit of work to start the #NationalYearofReading with! @openingdoors.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social

Crown House Publishing@crownhousepub.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Get ready for the #NationalYearofReading with this brand-new English resource from @juliesargent.bsky.social! Centred around Nimesh the Adventurer, it offers tools to help inspire your students to think creatively, boost #literacy skills & find a genuine pleasure in reading. 👉 buff.ly/nWOxSVS

Aww!!! Thankyou for posting! The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree poem. Just the right tenor and tone for the world we find ourselves in

@coralrumble.bsky.social · 8mo ago

As I’ve said, I won’t be on here so regularly now, so I’ll take this opportunity to say I wish you a Merry Christmas, full of light. X Poem commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk 2025.